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infatuate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb infatuate has 1 sense
- infatuate(v = verb.emotion) Array - arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her" is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
Derived forms noun infatuation3, noun infatuation1, noun infatuation2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
infatuate, a. [L. infatuatus, p. p. of infatuare to infatuate; pref. in- in + fatuus foolish. See Fatuous.].
Infatuated. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
infatuate, v. t.
- To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment. [1913 Webster]"The judgment of God will be very visible in infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for destruction." [1913 Webster]
- To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming. [1913 Webster]"The people are . . . infatuated with the notion." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
infatuate, v.tr.
1 inspire with intense usu. transitory fondness or admiration.
2 affect with extreme folly.
1 inspire with intense usu. transitory fondness or admiration.
2 affect with extreme folly.
Derivative
infatuation n.
Etymology
L infatuare (as IN-(2), fatuus foolish)
THESAURUS
infatuate
addict, admirer, adorer, aficionado, allure, amorist, attract, becharm, befool, beguile, beset, besotted, bewitch, buff, bug, captivate, carry away, cast a spell, charm, collector, compel, crank, demon, devotee, dotty, draw on, drive, dupe, eager beaver, enamor, enamored, enchant, endear, energumen, enrapture, enravish, enthrall, enthusiast, entrance, faddist, fan, fanatic, fanatico, fascinate, fiend, follower, freak, great one for, grip, gull, hobbyist, hold, hold in thrall, hound, hypnotize, impel, inflame with love, intrigue, lover, lunatic fringe, mesmerize, monomaniac, not let go, nut, obsess, paramour, possess, preoccupy, pursuer, put on, rhapsodist, seduce, spell, spellbind, stultify, sucker for, suitor, tantalize, tempt, transport, vamp, visionary, witch, wooer, zealotROGET THESAURUS
infatuate
Insanity
VB be insane, become insane, lose one's senses, lose one's reason, lose one's faculties, lose one's wits, go mad, run mad, lose one's marbles, go crazy, go bonkers, flip one's wig, flip one's lid, flip out, flip one's bush, rave, dote, ramble, wander, drivel, have a screw loose, have a devil, avoir le diable au corps, lose one's head, render mad, drive mad, madden, dementate, addle the wits, addle the brain, derange the head, infatuate, befool, turn the brain, turn one's head, drive one nuts.
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